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MPs back income tax referendum plan

Members of the Welsh Affairs committee back the UK Government's proposal to devolve some control of income tax after a referendum, but also call for the way the Welsh Government is funded to be changed

Plaid Cymru's Hywel Williams says he's disappointed with Labour MPs for failing to back his attempt to persuade a cross-party committee to criticise UK Government plans for income tax devolution.

He'd proposed an amendment to the Welsh Affairs committee's report on the draft Wales Bill which would have called for the controversial 'lockstep' form of income tax power to be abandoned. The Bill would give Welsh ministers power to vary the tax but only by changing all rates simultaneously.

The amendment failed, however, and the Arfon MP says it was a missed opportunity.